I haven’t done an entertainment piece in a while, so I thought I would write a little about Rick and Morty.

Overall, I quite like the show. I find it humorous and witty even though a lot of their subject matter is abhorrent. However, the last season has been a little much on the whole Nihilism thing.

There are major tenements of Rick’s philosophy: 1 – no one is special (well, except for himself, who is the most special person int he world), 2 – we are all replaceable because we are not special, and 3) Nothing matters. Special shout out to a particular episode entitle Auto Erotic Assimilation which suggests that freedom and individuality can be negative things.

Of course, I have difficulty accepting such tenements. Nihilism is trendy when you are young and stupid. It’s nice as it removes any morality and is supposed to be freeing or something. But the problem is that no one actually means it. Those who truly adhere to Nihilism tend to end up killing themselves, as a meaningless life is unbearable. It is also something that no one believes in their heart. If you believe nothing matters and there is no higher God/Power/Truth, then here is the question:

A man goes into a room and finds a woman that he desires above all others unconscious beyond being revived. He is the only one that knows he is there. If he were to have sex with her unconscious body, no one would know. Why shouldn’t he?

If nothing matters, if there is no true right or wrong or anything else, the only justification that you would have for him not doing so would be that he may be caught. However, in this case, we stipulate that there is no way he can be caught and he knows it. So why shouldn’t he?

Because it’s wrong. Because it matters.

You can’t have it both ways. If nothing matters, there cannot be right and wrong. Nothing matters. We are all going to die and be erased anyway.

The show is very funny and witty. However, be sure that you take the philosophy of the show with more than a grain of salt. Enjoy the show, but do not buy into the message of the show.

By the way, eye patch Morty is most definitely the current Rick’s original Morty, and Beth is now a clone.